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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 12 km SSE of Conchagua, El Salvador


Earthquake location 13.2064S, -87.8164WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Conchagua in El Salvador. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -87.8164 West, latitude 13.2064 North, depth = 172.615 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:35:32 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ngyv. Id of event: us6000ngyv. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 172.615 km (107 miles). Global time and date of event 30/07/24 / 2024-07-30 20:35:32 / July 30, 2024 @ 8:35 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chinandega, El Viejo, El Triunfo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from San Lorenzo (c. 22 300 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 12 km SSE of Conchagua, El Salvador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.8164° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.2064° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 172.615 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km SSE of Conchagua, El Salvador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-30 20:35:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-31 13:19:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 340 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 98 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.558 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000ngyv Id of event.
Event Code 6000ngyv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ngyv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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